government

Question 1

what did mary do under the reign of Edward VI

Answer 1

• resisted the 1549 prayer book and openly held mass at her chapel in kenninghall
• ## after the 1553 plans for succession were drawn up Elizabeth and mary were both excluded for ‘illigimatacy’ and lady jane grey was proclaimed to be the new queen

Question 2

when did mary I become queen?

Answer 2

1st October 1553, this was well received after the trials and tribulations of lady jane grey

Question 3

what were mary’s priorities?

Answer 3

• work with Spain to strengthen foreign policy with catholic europe
• marriage to secure a catholic heir
• restore catholicism through the use of parliament

Question 4

what 2 edwardian officers were kept in mary’s council?

Answer 4

cheney and paget

Question 5

how did mary modernise the privy council

Answer 5

• largest privy council in tudor history under mary (double size of Henry VII’s council) and the most effective
• created 12 subcommittees (early government departments) in 1554

Question 6

how did mary expand the navy?

Answer 6

6 new ships and annual peacetime appropriation of £14,000

Question 7

who was stephen gardiner and what was his significance

Answer 7

• lord chancellor

- was a devout catholic imprisoned under edward

Question 8

who was cardinal pole and what was his signficance

Answer 8

archbishop of canterbury 1554

pope paul regarded him as a heretic

Question 9

who was simon renard

Answer 9

spanish ambasador

Question 10

in what ways was mary’s privy council succsessful

Answer 10

• ensure administative continuity by appointing councilors who has served ed effectively
• number of working councilors kept small and cohesive
• after 1555 marriage to philp created a respected council of 9 who had innovative approaches like establishing a corporate seal for its business

Question 11

how was mary’s privy council unsuccsessful

Answer 11

• too large and faction-ridden to be able to function properly
• pollard claims that mary’s reigeme was weak and unproductive

Question 12

strengths of parliament

Answer 12

remodeled parliament by:

• creating 4 new peerages and 19 new commons seats.
• she got involved with elections and dispensed patronage to loyal supporters

therefore shocking that mary failed to obtain constructive leadership in parliament